Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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li i il I il SXJ:?ITER WATCEMAX, Established April, 1850. *Be Just and Fear not-Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's anti Truth's." THE TREE SOTTTHROX, Established June, 186G )?idated Aug. 2, 1881. SUMTER, S. G , WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1905. Sew Series-VoL XXY. NO 22* Wk Wi?atym ml Son?ljroH. (Published Every Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PU3LISHING C08LpANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.50 per annum-in advance. - Advertisements: One Square first insertion.$1.50 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for ^three months, or Ilonger will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be* charged for. _IL'.. - ? ? " S-- ? SOUTH^CAROLINA NEWS. Items of Interest Condensed! and Par ? agraphed for Quick Reading. The news comes from Washington that John s G. Capers will be reap? pointed district attorney and will not he considered by President Roosevelt for the Federal judgeship. C. O. Burriss has been recommend ed for appointment as auditor of An derson county, vice G. N. C. Boleman,^ resigned. v V Brice law election will be ordered in Lexington county at an early date and it is asserted that the dispensary J will be voted out. fe Mrs. Stanley, of Welford, Spartan burg county, shot herself fatally with a pistol a few days ago. The shoot? ing was accidental. / Wilson Stevens, a negp-o boy, has surrendered to the sheriff of Aiken #- county for killing William Owens, a white boy, two weeks ago. He claims that the killing was an accident and two white . witnesses corroborate his statement. Owens in an ante-mortem statement- sadd that Se was shot with? out'warning or cause. Another serious fire occurred in pr Johnston Wednesday night, the sec onw within two weeks. > An attempt was made at Blackville to lynch John Sims, a negro who at? tacked Mrs. Hattie Buist with a rock when she discovered him stealing tur? keys from her yard. Sims was^shot rby Mr& Buist's brother, Mr. Arthur Dewitt, and turned over to the offi? cers. The deputies managed to get Sims on board the train but could not stop at Barnwell as there was another crowd waiting at the depot. He was taken on tG Savannah and thence \o ?^Columbia via Augusta. One of the missing ?ccount books of the Union cotton mill for which a re? ward of $2,500 was offered has been found in the stock room of the'^miJl store, but the pages containing the ac? counts of importance were missing. Two other books are still missing. Professor M. D. Moore, of the Hope? ville School, Greenville county, wras at? tacked by William Martin, a 16-year old pupil, on Tuesday and knocked down with a stick of wood. He re i ceived a severe scalp wound and was H unconscious for a half hour. p Colonel Altamont Moses'" was a member of Governor Heyward's per? sonal staff. In view of his death Gov - ernor Heyward has asked Colonel W. G. Smith, of Orangeburg, to accept the position made vacant by the death Ki of Colone^ Moses, of commissary gen ^ eraL Colonel Smith of Orangeburg, has already been on Governor Hey wardTs staff. To fill the vacancy on the staff Governor Heyward has ap? pointed Mr. William Banks, of Colum? bia. Dan Murphy the murderer of Tr^as T' arer Copes, of Orangeburg, was brought back to the peniteniary Sun? day from Swainsboro, Ga., where he i was serving a sentence on the chain* gang for horse stealing. He will now ? serve out his life sentence in the pen t \ .itentiarv. ' Frank Sawyer, one of the Rock Hill blind tigers, was arrested Saturday night. Baron Sternberg, the German am? bassador, will spend several weeks in Aiken for the benefit of his health. ?L Erwin Robinson, white, aged 50 f^Pyeara, committed suicide at Rock Hill * Sunday night by drinking carbolic .. acid mixed with turpentine. Dave Pugh shot Marion Abrams to death in Newberry county on Satur? day. The jury of inquest returned a .^^verdict of wilfull murder. It is announced by the executive committee of?the Olympia cotton mil! of Columbia that the payment of divi? dends will be -resumed in July next. Charles Fleming, a negro switeh man on the Atlantic Coast Line, was " killed in the Charleston freight yard j.. - Monday. I Ed Sanders and Charles Whetstone, two negro waiters employed in Hunt's, restaurant, Columbia, got into a fight Monday and Sanders was fatally stab? bed with a long pronged cooking fork. WS THIRTEEN. TRUNKS SEIZED BY DETECTIVES. Some Creditors of Mr. 0. A, Minor . Gel Settlements. UNABLE TO MAKE H!S "BET-A-WAYV" Trunks and Automobile Attached in Charleston for Debts Left Unpaid When " He Departed From This City. V As is well knoN?n Mr. D. A. Minor suddenly left the city this week owing a large number of debts, and he j would have evaded paying them if it liad not been for the enterprise and vigilance of Mr. H. J. Harby. Minor owed a small account amounting to about $18 to Geo. D. Shore & Bro., of which firm Mr. Harby is a member. When the fact of Minor's departure had become known, Mr. Harby-immej diately wired. Messrs. Mordecai & Gadsen, attorneys at Charleston^ to prepare attachment papers for the seizure of Minor's property on an af? fidavit setting forth the fact that up? on information and belief it was the 'opinion of the deponent that D. A. Minor was about to move his . prop? erty out cf-the State and beyoftd its jurisdiction for the purpose of -cheat? ing and defrauding his creditors. The claim of Geo. D. Shore & Brp., was assigned to Mr. W. R. Phillips, who took the account to Charleston for the purpose of making the affi? davit and having the attachment served. A detective was employed in Charles? ton who soon located Minor's auto* mobile and thirteen trunks, which were immediately sezed and held for the debt. ' In the meantime Mr. Harby had no? tified numerous other creditors of Minor in the city, had them to assign their accounts to Mr. Phillips, who was then in Charleston, and similar le? gal processes were served against the same property. As a consequence of this procedure Minor settled all the claims, and was, therefore, permitted to retain possession of the attached property. TAX OX REFRIGERATOR CARS, Railroad Commission Recommends Prohibitive Tax on Private Line Cars. Columbia, December IS.-In its an nual report to the legislature the rail? road commission will recommend that "?uch legislation be enacted as will en? courage the railroads of this State to ! establish and operate their own re? frigerator cars, this recommendation being inspired by the experience of berry growers in this State and North Carolina who recently had half million dollars worth of goods to spoil on their hands because cars could not be secured to move them. It will be re? membered that there was talk at the time that the railroads had determin? ed to put in this equipment rather than go through another such expe? rience. The commission will suggest as a means of accomplishing this change the refrigerator cars operated separately be taxed - to a prohibitive extent, thus practically driving the re? frigerator people out of the State and compelling the railroads to add these cars to their equipment, the railroads being held responsible for failure to move the crop. The comission "points with pride'' to a recent decision of thhe State su preme court upholding a rule of the commission fixing a penalty of $50 for failure of a railroad to promptly pay a freight claim ' when properly established. This case came up from Gheraw. where Judge Watts decided the matter as unconstitutional, "but he was reversed by the last tribunal. The plaintiff was a merchant, who brought suit to recover the $50 pen? alty for failure of a road to pay him $1.75-. for a lost bunch of bananas. The commission is of the opinion that this rule has greatly facilitated the matter of freight claim paying and has been the means of preventing much useless litigation. The com? mission understands, however, that the railroad people intend to carry the case to the Federal Supreme Court if necessary. FAKNTM PAPERS PRODUCED. Attorney Mordecai Delivcs the Lon~ Wanted Documents in a I?i?? Trunk. Columbia, December ls.-Farnum's attorneys prdfluced those "private" papers today. They were delivered to the court in a Saratoga trunk, locked, to be exam? ined privately by the court before be? ing shown even to the attorneys on the other side. Attorney Mordecai said that all pa? pers taken away were in the trunk. R. K, D?RBAN'S BODY MAY YET BE EXHUMED Action of fte Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company 'ORDER ISSUED BY JUDGE W??TS Coroner of Darlmgtou Crdered to Show Cause Why New Inquest Should Not Be Held. Darlington, December 15.-Upon petition of certain policyholders in the Fidelity Insurance company of Phil? ade1 phin which company Robert Keith Dargan, deceased, held a policy for $25,000 Judge Watts has ordered J. L, danton, coroner of this county to appear before him at Cheraw tomor? row and show cause why the inquest held by him immediately upon the death of Robert Keith Dargan should not be set aside and a new one held. The Fidelity Mutual policyholders will be represented by Stevenson & Matheson and E: R. Mciver of Che? raw and Speaks & Dennis of Darling? ton. J. L. Clanton will be represented by Miller & Lawson, of Darlington. F* H. Calkins of' Philadelphia, will ap? pear as petitioner for the policy holders. , The Fidelity Mutual has persistent? ly refused to pay the $25,000 to the wife of the insured on the ground that there is no satisfactory proof of the death of R. K. Dargan. Attorneys for the company will likely argue that the inquest was improperly held, while those for the coroner will hold that it was properly conducted. Considerable interest is centered in the decision of this case. 1 Robert Keith Dargan carried only $40,000 insurance at the time of his death. The entire amount was held in two companies, $15,000 and $25,000, in the Ev .itable of- New York, and the Fidelity Mutual of Philadelphia, respectively. Messrs. A. R. Bruce & Dunn, repre? senting the Equitable, came here in August to look into the matter and paid the policy held against their com? pany. The local agent, Mr. Byrd, aid? ed these gentlemen in their investiga? tions and he stated that the policy of $15,000 was promptly paid. Messrs. T. H. Calkins, of Philadel i phia, and W. L. Williams, of Colum? bia, representing the Fidelity Mutual, were also here at the same time in? vestigating the case. Of the above amount ($40,000), $5, 000 goes to his daughter, $25,'000 to his -?i?e and $10,000 to his estate. C. Lide and L. E. Williams, Jr., who were appointed receivers of the Darlington Trust Company at the time it failed with the Independent Oil Company last summer, have been enjoined by the court not to sell the real estate at present in posession of this concern. The receivers have about w?und up their duties and wished to sell the real estate for a final settle? ment but a protest was raised by some of the creditors and stockhold? ers. Some of the property is in liti? gation and it was considered inop? portune and impractical to sell at present. Special Judge Benet was ap? plied to to hold-up the sale and acting on the testimony in the case he has ordered it not to be sold.-The State. CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS. No Change in the pastors of the Sum? ter Churches. Spartanburg, December IS.-The Methodist Conference concluded its work this evening and the appoint? ments for 1906 were announced. The appointments for Sumter dis? trict are: * H. B. Browne, presiding elder: Bethany, W. P. Way; Bishopville, D. Arthur Phillips; Camden, C. C. Her? bert; Heath Springs. David Hucks; Jordan, S. D. Bailey; Kershaw, O. A. Jeffcoat: Lynchburg, S. S. Cantey; Manning, A. X. Brunson; New Zion, L. L. Bedenbaugh; Oswego, E. K. Moore; Pinewood, " L. L. Inabinet; Providence, E. F. Scoggins; Richland, C. S. Felder; Santee. J. C. Yongue; St. Johns and Rembert, S. H. Booth; Sumter First church and Magnolia street. P. F. Kilgo and J. P. Inabinet. assistant Sunday school editor, L. F. Beaty; Conference missionary secreta? ry, P. F. Kilgo: transferred to North Alabama conference. J. A. Duncan; to Tennessee conference, W. R. Richard? son; to North Carolina confernce, P. L. Kirton. G ?orgetown, December 12.-In the Democ-ratic municipal primary elec? tion held here today the following ticket was selected: For mayor, .1. M. Fraser; Cor aldermen, W. H. An? drews, C. i:. Colbert, A. Harvey and Geo. A. Doyle. Charles S. Congdon also ran for mayor. The election was quiet and free from all excitement. PRIESTS INCITE MOBS IO MASSACRE THE JEWS. A Horrible Story of Butchery From Remote Russian Provinces. INCENDIARY SERMONS DISTRIBUTED. The Situation in St. Petersburg Daily Growing Worse and Business 31e?; TTrge Count Witte to Grant all De-? mauds of Workingmen to Ea<i Strike. ?St. Petersburg, Via Eydtkuhnen, December 14.-A report of a ?resh massacre of Jews in which over 500 persons were killed reached here this morning from Tarisk Volhynia. The massacre was incited by the local priest who called on the Chris? tians to rise and exterminate the Jews. The mobs attacked all Jewish shops killing and abusing all Jews that fell into their hands. The few Jews that escaped/from the mob are distitute. Following the massacre the priest who incited the outrage preached a sermon in which he praised the awful deed. Local ecclesisiastical author? ities ordered the sermcn printed and distributed broadcast throughout the country. It is feared the result of this action will be to incite fresh massacres ot Jews. A mutiny has broken out among the soldiers in this city, although it is impossible to tell how serious it is. Four regiments have joined in a notice sent to the workingmen in which they say "You need not fear bureaucracy any longer, we are with you and are re/solved to annihilate all reactiona? ries. If ordered to fire on you we will not obey. We will not spare car? tridges, but they will not be directed against you." The St. Petersburg' bourse today sent a deputation to Count Witte to urge him to settle the postal and el egraph strike at once. The delega? tion told Count Witte that the gov? ernment should surrender to all the demands of the strikers, if that was the only way to end the strike. St. Petersburg, Via. ?dytkuhnen, December 18.-The city this morning s like an armed camp. Troops arb ,'isible at all points and strong patrols are stationed everywhere. The work ngmen's delegates have been unable o hold a meeting, owing to the strict i guard kept upon them. Count Witte is determined to crush he revolutionary agitation now at any price. He has adopted the plan of preventing the working men from holding, conference. A general revolt of the army is ex? pected at any hour. An incident which occurred yesterday shows that Preobrajensky's regiment which was reported discontented is still loyal. The regiment was reviewed by the Czar who appeared carrying his young son in his arms. The soldiers mani? fested the greatest enthusiasm over the monarch and his young heir, thus disproving the reports of their dissat? isfaction. Berlin, December 18.-Dispatches brought by representatives from the frontier of Baltic province of Russia state that the rebels have dynamited military trains carrying troops from Riga to Orel. Over 200 Cossacks were killed outright and 400 others terribly injured, their bodies in many instances, being horribly mutilated. PRESIDENT SLOAN RESIGNS. Will Probably Be Accepted-Candi? dates for the Position Already Discussed. Columbia, December 15.-President Benj. Sloan of the South Carolina College, has tendered his resignation to take effect at the end of the pres? ent tssion. The board's by-laws re? quire every professor attaining the agc of TO to annually resign, and Profes? sors Joynes and Pope have come w;:h in the perview of this rule. Still, President Sloan's resignation is like? ly to be accepted. Candidates for the place arc already being spoken of. McCaw. Judge Hydrick Commissioned. Governor Heyward Saturday signed the commission of Hon. D. E. Hydrick to act as special judge at the regula? term of court to be held at Yorkville. beginning on the 11th. On the loth Senator Hydrick will begin the duties of his regular terra, he having been elected to succeed Judge D. A. Town? send. Judge Memminger and Judge Prince, who were also elected last winter, began service at once as they were assigne?.! to the two new circuits. -Spartanburg Journal. An advertisement in The Daily Item s a good investment. Try it. IN EVERY Receipt that calls for cream of tartar, soda, or baking powder, use the Royal Baking Powder. Better results will be obtained because cf thc absolute purity and great leavening strength of the Royal. It will make the food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor, more digestible and wholesome. It is always reliable and uni? form in its work. Alum and ?phosphate baking powders some of them sold at' the same price and some of them cheaper-will make neither dainty nor wholesome food. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. LAW OBEYED IS ORANGEBURG, j _____ Negro Who Made a Criminal Attempt on White Woman Near Reeves ville Lodged in Jail. Branchville, December 13.-Last night William Livingstone, a negro | about 18 years of age, attempted to criminally assault Mrs. John F. My- j ers, a respectable white woman living | in the lower part of this county near Reevesville. The negro would proba? bly have accomplished his purpose, had it not been for the interference of Mrs. Myers' husband, who happen? ed to be on the place at the time. Mr. Myers got his gun and fired at the fleeing negro, but only hit him with one shot, which did very little or no damage. AS soon as the report was circulated dozens of the neighbors gathered and made a search for Abe negro, who was found some time dur? ing the night. It is said there was considerable talk of lynching but Mr. Myers requested that the law be al? lowed to take its course, and the ne? gro was brought here and turned over to town authorities. At the prelimi? nary this morning the negro plead? ed guilty and was taken to the Orange burg jail this afternoon by Constable Byrd. Much credit is due Magistrate J. S. Dukes and Constable C. D. Reeves for the safe delivery of the prisoner. THE STATE'S RUM BUSINESS. The Sales for the Year Ending No? vember 30 Were the Largest in the History of the Dispensary. Columbia, December 18.-The state dispensary has done a most flourishing business for the year 1905. The effect of the closing of the dispensaries has not yet been felt in the report of the business done for the year 1905 which closes on the 1st of December. The report is most interesting as showing how much liquor is bought through the legal channels in the course of a j year. The purchases here given' are I wholesale prices and are the amounis ! ? of the actual cash sales at wholesale | prices from the State dispensary to ? the county establishments and are not j for the retail prices paid by the con- ' sumers, which will about 25 per cent more: Total whiskey sales_$2,840,425.64 Total beer sales. 2S2,37<">.45 Total.$3.122.796.09 The Anderson dispensary led the State with the largest purchases of any single dispensary, $103.016.10; Sumter came next with $100,S54.2S; Georgetown was third with $95.575. 46: Charleston. Columbia, Greenville and Spartanburg each with several dispensaries, purchased more liquor han the above named towns. SMALLS CARRIED HIS POINT. Commander at Fort Fremont Declined to Allow an Inspection by Ne? gro Masons. Beaufort. Dec. 14.--Ex-Congress? man Robert Smalls requested Lieut, i Steger, U. S. A.. commanding officer j at Fort Fremont, to permit the col- ? ored Masons to inspect the fortifica- ' tions. The lieutenant replied that t would be neither pleasant .nor to the interest;-; of the service to :;;..:!:! the re? quest, which was refused. Smails communicated with Secretary ?>:" War Taft at Washington. Thc secretary telegraphed Linet. Steger t<> permit the negroes to visit tbe fort. Some hundreds accordingly went to Fort Fremont this afternoon. ; Notice of Election. FOR MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. State of South Carolina, County bf Sumter. Notice is hereby given that an elec? tion will be held at the several pre? cincts established by law in Sumter County, on Thursday, January 4th, for member of the House of Repre? sentatives. Polls at each voting place will be opened at 7 o'clock a. m.. and closed at 4 o'clock p. m. The following named persons have been appointed managers of election, to-wit: Sumter, Ward 1-H. G. McKagenr A. Wedenfeller, W. A. Weathers. Sumter, Ward 2-W. S. Dinkins, B, ?P. Cuttino, W. Y. L. Marshall. Sumter, Ward 3-W. J. Jennings, J. D. Blanding. T. M. Jones. Sumter. Ward 4-G. E. Richardson, Charles Thames, M. C. Kavanaugh. Stateburg-Henry Frierson, Guy. Nelson, Whiteford Thompson, Providence-D. C. McLeod, E. P? 9 Scarborough, W. A. Spann. Rafting Creek-J. W. Young, J. D. McLeod, R. S. Brown. Bossards-J. H. Robertson. E. C. Brown. T. D. DuBose. Mayesville-W. N. McElveen, J. F. Bland, Jr., J. H. Wilson.., Shiloh-J. D. Frierson, J. F. Dennis,' W. S. Truluck. Concord-J. J. Brunson, P. L. Jones, Daniel Davis. .Privateer-J. R. Kolb, Manning Hodge, R. H. Ramsey. Wedgefield-Thomas Troublefield, George Hartsoe, H. D. Cain. Bloomhill-Alfred Owen, S. M, Coulter, G. T. Geddings. On the day of election the managers" ! must organize by the election of a. Chairman and a Clerk, if necessary. The chairman elected is empowered to administer oaths. The managers have the power to fill any vacancy, and if none of the man? agers attend, the citizens can appoint, from among the (lualified voters the managers, who. after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election the man? agers and clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is com? pleted and make a statement of the result. Within three days thereafter, the chairman of the board, or some on:: designated by the board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the boxes containing the bal? lots and written statements of the re? sult of the election. One of the above named managers for each precinct must cati upon the Board of Commissioners, at the office of the Freeman Publishing Co.. Xo. S East Liberty street, on or before Jan? uary 2nd, 1906, to receive ballot boxes, poll lists and instructions and to quat w. i >. CAIN. Chairman. ll. E. McELYE?N. E. F. MILLER. Commissioners state and County Elections. The annual meeting of the South (';::.<<!>'.ia historical commission will be held on December 2". The meeting is tor the purpose of preparing a report i<> the legislature and telling of the progress made in preserving the rec? ords of the State through Mr. A. S. Sally, Jr., thc secretary.